Hammock-holder



(No Model.)

A. BEALS.

HAMMOGK HOLDER. No. 429,409. Patented June 3, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS BEALS, OF NORTH \VEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAMMOCK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,409, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed December 13, 1889. Serial No. 333,644. (No model,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS BEALS, of

North Weymouth, in the county of Norfolkv and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new an d useful Improvements in Hammock-Holders, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective hammock holder or ring adapted to hold the ends of the longitudinal strands of the hammock, and of such construction that it may be engaged with or locked to a supporting-rope by the weight of the hammock without positive connection with said rope, so that the rope may be readily disengaged from the hook or moved to increase or decrease its operative length.

To these ends the invention consists in a hammock hook or ring comprising a loop to receive the strands of the hammock, a hook formed on the back of said loop to receive a supporting-rope, and two oppositely curved or bent prongs or holders on one side of the loop, said holders being arranged to hold the free portion of the rope substantially at a right angle to the portion which passes through the hook, so that the hook will have a snfficient frictional hold or grip upon the rope to prevent the latter from slipping through the hook, as I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved hook or loop and a portion of the supporting-rope. Fig. 2 represents a bottom View, and .Fig. 3 an edge view of the same.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the loop, which has a form adaptingit to hold the end strands of a hammock, said strands being secured to the substantially straight side 2 of the loop. Upon the outer side of the back of the loop is formed a hook I), adapted to receive the supporting-rope c, the sides of the rope-receiving recess of saidhook being substantially at right angles to the bottom side of the hook, theintersection of said sides and bottom forming an angle 3, Fig. 3. The portion of the rope c that is held in the recess of the hook is therefore about at a right angle with the plane of the loop, as shown in Fig. 3.

dd represent two prongs or holders formed on or attached to the under side of the loop, said prongs being curved or bent in opposite directions and constituting hooks, one of which is open at one side and the other at the opposite side, as shown in Fig. 1.

The hooks or holders d d are arranged to receive the free portion or end of the rope o and hold the same substantially at a right angle with the portion that is in the recess of the hook b. The rope is thuscaused to bind on the angle 3 at the lower, side of the hook, so that the hook has asufficient friction hold or grip on the rope to prevent it from slipping, said hold being increased by contact of the angle 4 at the upper end of the recess of the hook with the rope.

The prongs or hooks d d, bearingthe one on one side and the other on the opposite side of the rope, prevent the latter from moving laterally in either direction, so that while the free end of the rope can be quickly engaged with and disengaged from the prongs or hooks by any suitable manipulation it cannot become disengaged from either accidentally, nor can it slip accidentally out of the recess of the hook I).

I prefer to make the hook I) somewhat thicker than the body of the loop, as shown in Fig. 3, thus not only increasingits strength, but also increasing the length of its rope-receiving recess and giving it a greater frictional hold on the rope.

It is to be observed that the form of the loop or ring a may be varied to adapt thev same for attaching clothes-lines thereto, or in order to suit it to other uses in which it may be found available, the invention not being confined to employment in connection with hammock-supports.

I claim The improved hammock-holder hereinbefore described, the same consisting of the loop a, the hook I), formed on the back of the loop and having arope-receiving recess which is open at one end and has sides which are substantially at right angles with the sides of the loop, and the oppositely-curved hooks orholders cl d on the under side of theloop arranged to receive the free end of the rope, said hooks being formed to extendin opposite disubseribing witnesses, this 30th day of N0- reetions across the free end of the rope, and vember, A. D. 1889.

thereby hold the same substantially at a ri ht T 1 angle with the portion of the rope that is AUGL S1 Us BEALS' 5 Within the recess of the hook I), as set forth. Witnesses:

Intestimony whereofIhavesignechnyname A. D. HARRISON,

to this specification, in the presence of two ARTHUR XV. CROSSLEY. 

